Chapter 31 Your hard days are still ahead

The next day, early morning.

The morning at school is peaceful and quiet.

Azu and Clark passed by the Honey Cave, an agricultural and sideline products kiosk in front of the school.

The brick red kiosk looks weathered.

The paint is peeling and most of the color is gone.

The letters on the sign have also faded and disappeared, leaving only the word "円米氵".

Azu dropped a dollar into the box in the honey cave and took away some honey sticks.

Peter had fallen in love with the taste of honey sticks ever since he bought him one last time he stopped by.

Clark looked at the honey stick handed over by Azu and asked in surprise: "Where did you get the money?"

"I help my dad weed, and my dad pays me a dollar a time."

Azu said that his money is entirely earned through hard work.

"However, my father recently said that he would launch a 'wage and labor stimulus package'. All the weeding tasks at home will be left to me for seven dollars a week."

Azu still didn’t know that he had been cut off by his “capitalist father”, and he was still complacent about it.

Clark was a little envious, he also wanted to make money like Azu.

"Maybe I could help Godfather clean the barn and make some pocket money."

Clark also decided to join Godfather's "wage and labor stimulus package."

"We can make money together, Clark, but"

Azu soon became frustrated, "I should have ten yuan, but my father said I couldn't take that much money, so he helped me deposit it in the bank and said he would save it for me first."

Clark thought for a while and said, "I think this is good. Can't banks increase the amount of money deposited in them?"

At this time, Clark still didn't know that one of the most profound tricks in the world was that children would take away their pocket money under the excuse of "Mom and Dad will help you save the money and give it to you when you grow up."

The result is without exception. When you grow up, you will find that all the money your parents helped save has disappeared.

Clark and Azu, who didn't know they were being tricked, walked towards the school with honey sticks in their mouths.

As soon as they reached the school gate, the two of them saw Lana who was separated from her aunt.

"Goodbye, Auntie."

After saying goodbye to her aunt, Lana walked to school carrying her schoolbag.

As a result, he accidentally tripped over a stone and fell to the ground with a bang.

The schoolbag he was carrying was also thrown out, and all the books inside were scattered.

Seeing Lana fall, Clark immediately rushed up with a speed that Azu had never seen before.

"Lana, are you okay?"

He helped Lana up, who was frowning.

"I'm fine, I just accidentally fell. Thank you, Clark."

Although Lana's knee was very painful from being hit, she still pursed her lips and endured the pain to thank Clark.

Seeing that Lana was okay, Clark quickly helped her put away the books scattered on the floor.

When I bent down to pick up the book, I suddenly found a green necklace on the ground.

The stone that exudes a green light is very similar to the stone that the godfather showed him before.

Out of curiosity, he picked up the necklace.

As a result, I instantly felt a sense of weakness, as if all the strength in my body had been drained away in an instant.

Then his body fell backward uncontrollably, and the green necklace in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap".

"Bang!"

When his body was about to fall, his back was supported by a broad and strong hand.

"Kid, are you okay?"

A deep voice came.

Clark maintained his balance and looked back.

The school guard, an old black man with a pale, wire-brush beard, was looking at him with concern.

Clark recognized the other person as the black guard he saw when he first came to school.

He remembers everyone calling the security guard "Old Horry."

At that time, I imagined him as the devil guard of the evil castle.

"I was dizzy just now, Mr. Horry, I'm fine now."

Clark rubbed his forehead and thanked Old Horry.

Lana bent down to pick up the necklace on the ground, and walked to Clark with a worried look on her face.

The necklace was a relic left to him by her mother, so she always kept it with her.

Seeing Clark almost falling down after holding the necklace, she thought he was scratched by the necklace.

Old Horry put away the writing board in his hand and squinted his eyes, "You don't look good, kid. You need to go to the infirmary for a checkup."

As the school's security guard, he was responsible for the safety of students, so he wanted to send Clark to the infirmary for examination.

Although Clark was reluctant in every possible way, he was still forced to execute it.

Old Horry, who left the school gate, glanced at the necklace in Lana's hand while sending Clark to the infirmary, and his expression became a little complicated.

Padrick Farm.

Peter got a call from Chandler at the police station.

Chandler told him about Officer Lane's pursuit of the serial robber last night.

"Smallwell River?"

After hanging up the phone, Peter fell into deep thought.

Could this guy be the mermaid from the story he told Azu last night?

Shaking his head, he shook the ridiculous idea of ​​mermaid out of his mind.

But it can be concluded that this guy is a good swimmer.

and was familiar with the terrain near the Smallwell River.

As he was considering the ingredients of the robber, the phone rang at the farm.

Peter answered the phone and immediately put on his coat and rushed to school after hearing that something had happened to Clark.

Driving towards the school, Peter heard the sound of gurgling water as he approached the school.

Two minutes later, the towering trees disappeared and were replaced by a grassy, ​​rugged river bank.

Smallwell's river gurgled forward.

The driveway turned again and Peter soon arrived at the school.

Infirmary.

Peter knocked on the infirmary door and entered.

The last time I saw Martha McConaughey, Clark and Azu's assistant teacher, was waiting in the infirmary. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Peter arriving.

Peter pretended to know each other for the first time, and after greeting the beautiful teacher with a strange expression, he looked at Clark and Azu.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable? Clark."

After touching Clark's hair, he asked the other party.

"I'm fine now, Godfather."

Clark lay on the bed and whispered to Peter: "Godfather, it's that kind of stone."

"What stone?"

"It's Lana's necklace. I picked it up and was about to give it back to her, when I felt like my whole world was spinning. The stone you showed me last time, Godfather, felt the same as Lana's necklace."

"Um"

Kryptonite?

Upon hearing Clark tell it, he immediately realized that Lana's necklace was kryptonite.

Since the other party regards kryptonite as a necklace, it means that he will carry it with him in the future.

Think again about Clark's "coveting" of Lana.

Now he really wants to say something to his cheap son: Cherish the present, your hard days are still to come.